The Shins Give Fans a Halloween Treat with ‘Dead Alive’ Video

To tide fans over until The Shins release their next album, the band shared a new music video today (Oct. 26), or, as they’re calling it, a “Halloween gift.” Titled “Dead Alive” it’s a fun nod to the fright-filled holiday and a look at what happens “when daydreams become nightmares.”

“Dead Alive” is a rabbit hole of a video with each scene coming back at some point from a different perspective.

Creepy things happen when James Mercer falls asleep on the couch while watching Halloween-themed programming. As he dreams, he finds that his world has become a miniaturized toy version and it continually clashes with a more giant world where people tower over everything. Things get even more twisted when he becomes a skeleton.

In the video, the band continues teasing “I Gleek On Your Grave.” The phrasing shows up on a poster in Mercer’s home as well as on a drive-in movie screen. That may be the name of their next single or their upcoming album, but it’s something they’ve been sharing with fans more and more lately.